13 days

We are only 13 days away, and I am convinced of one thing. I believe with all of my heart that prayer is key to this election. I meant to get a prayer out for yesterday, but didn’t have the chance before the day ended. There are prayer initiatives going on in churches, as well as all over the internet. I hope you will take the time to pray for our country. The Bible says that Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord. I want a nation that looks to God. God promises to bless us when we do.

He wants everyone in America to prosper. He wants everyone to live with the freedom to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

One of the prayer initiatives I have been using is through Cornerstone Church. I have included part of today’s prayer. I hope you will lift up our country tonight. We sure do need it. I believe Christians praying and asking God to heal our land (2 Chronicles 7:14) is key. I personally believe it is what could cost us the election if we don’t.

Prayer:

“O Lord, we ask that you infiltrate our nation, transforming us into a union that seeks only after that which is true, pure and of good report. May we seek You first in all that we do, and may we become a nation that hungers and thirsts after You. We take for granted so many privileges, and we ask Your forgiveness for that. May we be a beacon of light for Your love, an outspoken instrument for Your glory. Please give us the courage to ignite the fire in our bones, to spread Your Gospel and to instigate the change that our nation so desperately needs. Let the redeemed of the Lord stand up and take their designated places at the voting booths this year. May we vote into office the change we need to return to the godly nation our children so richly deserve. In Jesus’ name, Amen. “

“Yes! I think the day after Election Day should be a holiday – one where people can attempt to regain their sanity!”

Denise! I love that idea. We could take the day after election and go around and collect those signs off everyone’s lawns and have a big bonfire. Hey traditions have to start somewhere. I’m game if you are.

reep, maybe oates wasn’t misrepresenting the Constitution. Maybe he is just ignorant of the Constitution, and in no position to be giving anyone civics lessons. But, maybe you are right: Maybe oates was exercising intellectual dishonesty and misrepresenting the Constitution.

I am so very nearly hurt by your comments reep, that I almost couldn’t laugh out loud at it! Naturally, in short order, I overcame my initial reluctance, and guffawed heartily at your comment. Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my comments, thus disproving those who maintain that no one reads and responds to my comments.

@ Maria………….get a job. If you don’t have health insurance, why should everyone else in this country have to pay for yours? I work hard and pay good money for the health insurance my employer provides for myself, my wife and 4 kids.

So, Liz… Do-No-Wrong edgar gets to hurl personal insults into a conversaton in which he was not addressed nor invited? Isn’t it time he be Liz-ed?
And, before edgar objects that I’m injecting myself into the same conversation, I will apologize up front…..
In Oates defense, most people elected to the House of Representatives refer to themselves as “Congressman” or “Congresswoman” so the thought is understandable.
But, Reep is right.

mark,
With millions of people out there looking for work, “get a job” is your callous answer to someone who needs health insurance? I don’t suppose the possibility that she’s been looking for work, or is in a job that doesn’t offer it or offers a very poor plan, never dawned on you, did it? You can help pay for her to be in a government plan, or watch your own premiums escalate to pay for her much more expensive emergency room visits. Which one makes more economic sense is a no-brainer. Much like yourself it would seem.

“With millions of people out there looking for work,” nearly four years after Mr Obama’s $787,000,000,000 stimulus was supposed to have begun creating so many jobs, one wonders why anyone would want four more years of the failed policies of the current administration, which have resulted in “millions of people out there looking for work.”

Hundreds of thousands more people unemployed, millions more people on welfare, and millions more people living in poverty: We can’t afford four more years of this kind of economic results.

There are so many thing crazy about this election… no real coverage of where we stand in Iraq, Iran, etc, especially Libya, where there should be chanting in the streets and news coverage, “Obama lied and people died” … it bothers me the media is so complacent. Not much chatter about not so secret deals with Putin to weaken the US beyond repair. Then all the lies about bringing back jobs for China etc, where Clinton spent a lot of time sending them in the first place.

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